Why resort to drugs?

[Christheman]

I never understood why people do drugs like pot, heroin, crack, and smoke in the first place. Please tell me why you did it?:what:

[workingatperfect]

Pot really shouldn't be categorized with heroin and crack, but.. I smoke pot because it's a good way to relax. It's fun, it motivates me, makes me more creative. It can help people sleep. It's a pain reliever. There's a lot of reasons why smoking weed can be positive.

Heroin and crack, though, there's really no good reason to. They're destructive and addictive.

[Christheman]

Pot really shouldn't be categorized with heroin and crack, but.. I smoke pot because it's a good way to relax. It's fun, it motivates me, makes me more creative. It can help people sleep. It's a pain reliever. There's a lot of reasons why smoking weed can be positive.

Heroin and crack, though, there's really no good reason to. They're destructive and addictive.

Yes those where just some other popular drugs i knew of. But doesn't pot kill brain cells?

[Stryker125]

But doesn't pot kill brain cells?

I don't think there's anything that's completely safe to smoke, but pot isn't really as terrible as people like to make it seem. It's certainly not nearly as bad for you as cigarettes.

[Cicero]

People smoke and do drugs for many reasons, pain (literal pain), to sleep, to relax, to help numb emotional pain and just for fun. Pot is unhealthy, but not as unhealthy as people make it seem. Many programs try to use scare tactics against marijuana, when in reality it's not that unhealthy. Yes it does kill brain cells, but smelling a marker even a little bit kills brain cells. Marijuana causes many pleasurable effects, like increased serotonin. The amount it creates is so much, that it creates such pleasurable effects. When to much serotonin is going through the brain, it causes you to have hallucinations, like shrooms or ecstasy gives. Marijuana, for some, causes mild hallucinations, but these hallucinations are so mild, it's not always detected. Doing certain drugs, like shrooms, feed off of your emotions. So if your about to do shrooms, and your angry, you will most likely have a bad trip, or a bad dream, it will feel as alive as real life feels. You feel and see everything, and even smell. Drugs can be scary cause of the mystery.

[Truth]

Marijuana is great for my depression, anxiety, and chronic pain. It's the reason I was able to become social, and get high marks in school.

It doesn't kill brain cells, it kills cancer cells though...

[Mysterious Skin]

Many people try it once and then become addicted. They want to stop, but just can't.

[Mortal Coil]

Well, people use drugs as an escape. They can be escaping from...
family problems
physical pain
depression
anxiety
PTSD

or, they're addicted because they tried it due to peer pressure, curiosity or one of the above reasons.

[Sol90]

Some people try to relieve problems.

[paterico]

Because reality sucks, I guess sometimes you need an escape.

[johngotti]

It doesn't kill brain cells, it kills cancer cells though...

But doesn't pot kill brain cells?

jane kills brain cells but its the cells that clog up and cause tumors or alzheimers.

[Christine.]

Pot really shouldn't be categorized with heroin and crack, but.. I smoke pot because it's a good way to relax. It's fun, it motivates me, makes me more creative. It can help people sleep. It's a pain reliever. There's a lot of reasons why smoking weed can be positive.

Heroin and crack, though, there's really no good reason to. They're destructive and addictive.

Im not saying that pots really bad and you shouldn't do it, but pot does not motivate you. The only thing it may motivate you to do is smoke more of it

And to your question. Because their lives suck and they need to get away from it.

I've merged your two consecutive posts. -StoppingTime

[workingatperfect]

Im not saying that pots really bad and you shouldn't do it, but pot does not motivate you. The only thing it may motivate you to do is smoke more of it

Oh, I'm sorry, are you me? Didn't realize you know how I feel when I smoke.
My best friend and I used to smoke and then clean the house all the time. Or sometimes it motivates me to draw or write music. Hell, I even pay more attention in school when I'm high.

[Magenta]

I tried 90% because all my life I was repeatedly told how bad drugs were. So I wanted to try to see what the fuss was about. I guess it was a more "rebellious" thing the first time seeing as my dad is a cop and all that sort of stuff. Not that my parents know. It was the appeal of wanting what I couldn't have, I suppose?

A stupid reason, honestly, but I never said I had a good one.

[NotYourSombrero]

I smoke weed to relax. I used to drink (1 week sober which is a lot for me) to deal with depression. Same with pain killers.

[West Coast Sheriff]

Heroin and crack are bad and are not 2 b categorized with cannabis (weed) why someone would do this I don't no. It makes u feel good but has terrible after effects or affects. Which ever word I don't know.
I haven't smoked cannabis but u need 2 understand it is a healing medicine and relieves the mind and sol of pain and grief. While it damages the kidney it releases freedom to your brain. Many people (indian tribes) believe it has healing power and is a gift from the medicine god. ( I don't believe in that.)
While cannabis can b addictive it is not highly addictive like heroin crack ect.

Another addictive drug is coccaine, but it is expensive, addictive, and makes u super high( more so than cannabis)

Of all these drugs meth is the worst.
Cannabis heals
Crack cocaine heroin ruins
Meth kills

In the end never do drugs unless u can get medical marijuana or prescription pot and only do that if ur life is horrible. If u ever feel depressed resist drugs. It is better u resort 2 alchohol( which I'm not suggesting, just saying its better than drugs.) because u can't go 2 prison for drinking. Either way never do either alchohol of drugs. They can come with serious consequences.
Hope this helps

[Jimmy Page]

I had a lot of shit going on in my life(more than right now that is)
I was stupid,didn't really care what happened to me and it nearly killed me
luckily I got a wake up call(sadly it was because 2 of my friends died of an overdose) and got out of it,I've been clean for about 4 months now(if you look away from fags and alcohol)

[Neverender]

Yes those where just some other popular drugs i knew of. But doesn't pot kill brain cells?

No. That was disproven years ago. Just shows your ignorance to things you don't know.


Do you know why they got the result that it kills brain cells? Because for the test they strapped gas masks onto rats and started pumping smoke into them. The reason the brain cells died was because the rats were being suffocated, and not from the active ingredients in Cannabis.

[nocontrol]

Marijuana is great for my depression, anxiety, and chronic pain. It's the reason I was able to become social, and get high marks in school.

It doesn't kill brain cells, it kills cancer cells though...

He speaks the truth, there have been studies to show this...

[Lego]

Yeah no deaths are related to marijuana use, honestly. Not that bad o a drug. Not that I smoke it but probably the safest one out there. I drink cuz it makes me more sociable and i like the feeling.

[Randle]

Pot really shouldn't be categorized with heroin and crack, but.. I smoke pot because it's a good way to relax. It's fun, it motivates me, makes me more creative. It can help people sleep. It's a pain reliever. There's a lot of reasons why smoking weed can be positive.

Heroin and crack, though, there's really no good reason to. They're destructive and addictive.

I agree Pot is totally different then Heroin and Crack.

[Joshx]

I was really depressed and had insomnia so i started smoking marijuana and it helped alot.

[Snookers]

I tried E because I've heard from so many people that it's fantastic, it indeed was. I took E only before a party at a rave. It made me fell like I was flying, I was loving everybody, everything had bright, epileptic colours and I felt like everything was perfect, that I was having the best time of my life, the best adrenaline rush ever, for short it was a B.L.A.S.T.
But it was a killing me. After the effects were over I felt horrible, I had headaches, stomach aches, everything was spinning and I was very nervous. I didn't want to deal with that again, so after I learned the long time effects I quit. + the fact that it's an illegal drug.

[Xerox]

Pot is not a drug, it's a plant. Drugs are things that are man made like crack. Also people usually do drugs to get away from their bad reality.

[West Coast Sheriff]

Pot is not a drug, it's a plant. Drugs are things that are man made like crack. Also people usually do drugs to get away from their bad reality.

It is a drug but it's a good drug, it doesn't hurt people but ibuprofen conts as a drug 2 and we all take that.
And the answer is they help people escape their sucky lives.

[ECSTASY]

ive never done drugs... even a lil ciggy :P but i know about the effects...
most of the people use it to get high/ hallucinated . some of the drugs such as ecstasy , makes you feel energized and high + it makes you feel like everybody likes you .
some of them makes you hallucinate , such as acid .
some of them makes you relaxed , like nicotine , weed .
but i'd rather not to use it :P

[Texas warrior]

I tried pot because I was with a close friend in a safe enviorment. That's the way most drugs should be used, To make a fun situation funner, safely of coarse.

[Human]

Apart from pot, people use hard, strong drugs to get away from reality probably. They might be depressed and like the temporary relief.

[Stephan]

Peer pressure from friends, if they see people using drugs as something that is normal in their life..I'm sure they'd be curious to try them, if they have family members that do drugs, or may be to fit in with other people in school since he/she is often neglected or made fun of in school for who they are.

[LiamShelley96]

smoking pot can be to benefit health and it feels good, and harder drugs is if you drink alot and go out you want a better rush so you take drugs,

[Sordid Saint]

theres so many answers for this question that you really should at least know one of the answers to by now. Drugs make people feel good. They also help to cope with certain feelings. They also make certain feeling feel better. They also make you have a fun time. They also can open your mind up to other possiblities and outcomes for certain things. But they can also make you sick, they can make you scared, lonely, depressed, going crazy.

But usually the greatest thing in common is that it feels good and the user is getting exactly the feeling they're looking for from it.

I started using drugs (harder drugs in this case) to fit in with them other kids and out of my own curiousity. Its a whole lifestyle and it really sucks you in man but some people can do some drugs and walk away the next day feelin like the same old dude they were yesterday. Other people will go out looking for more.

so to answer your question again. theres way more than one answer but the msot common are coping, looking cool, and feeling good.

medicinal use could be a reason as well but i dont think many people try drugs for the first time because of that unless a doctor tells them to.

[Matt_2012]

Weeds fun n all but long term it isn't great, i smoke it coz its fun and i go flawless when i draw, it also calms my ocd, helps me sleep and yeah... not everyone that smokes weed are stoners that have no ambitions not saying you think that but just saying.

[Danny_boi 16]

I never understood why people do drugs like pot, heroin, crack, and smoke in the first place. Please tell me why you did it?:what:

i never understood either. life is always fun for me without it :D. but some
people r different i guess .:rolleyes:

[Hungman]

i smoke weed and do other drugs because 1) its fun 2) great when your bored 3) if done properly its practically harmless (very subjective !)
I mainly smoke because its relaxing, helps me sleep, i use it as a reward for getting things done.

[MattsyPad]

This is how I think about:

Think about a life filled with drugs. I don't mean hardcore drugs like heroin and meth and everything, just like shrooms, mary jane, and maybe coke every so often, of course trying a few different ones every now and then like LSD and Molly. They make the simplest things in life what you live for. Take music for example, so much better on drugs. You may die younger but you will live a far more exciting life, most likely, than someone who is sober their whole life. Of course you don't want to be popping shrooms everyday, you have to keep it in moderation to keep the experience fresh and very exciting. Smoking weed everyday is different however, because that won't change much with moderation.

[Jaaawsh]

I don't know about heroin or crack but everything else is just because you feel like you don't get any enjoyment out of life besides being high. You feel like you're never happy unless you're on something.
That's how it starts out at least and then you get addicted and etc.

[thesurferdude]

i think people are trying to escape their feelings

[gipsy danger]

I use to have a addiction to medical pills. I use to just use them to get rid of my migraine but I wanted to experiment with different pills so I started taking and mix pills together. I had to stop myself because I OD and I was lucky to live. I been clean from pills for 9 months. I smoke weed but just to relax and use it when I write stories. and I research the human body and its proven that you can get lung cancer from weed but there is a 1 in a 100,000 chance of getting it. because the smoke you take in your lungs shrivel up and the cancer develops. I tried ecstasy a couple of time and it use to be a prescribed to help couples in there relationship. it was know as the love drug. when people started abusing it. they took it off the markets. but my experience with ecstasy was great. I just loved everything but it has a bad crash sometimes it could stay in your system for a week. and when you drink something with acidity (orange juice) it cab trigger it. well I guess I'll stop typing...

[Mirage]

Some people feel like drugs are the only way to make themselves feel better, it's like someone who cuts to feel better.

[ChickenCasseroleYum]

mmm, well my mother's a drug addict and whenever the subject of why she started doing drugs comes up it's always "ooOoOo I did it to relieve the pain grandma was a horrible mother your father died and my leg got smashed blah blah blah" also something about peer pressure. I'll never do drugs through peer pressure but I'm scared that when I'm a jaded adult I'll star doing them to 'relieve the pain' or whatever >.>

[ArsenicCatNip]

I suppose it all depends on the person. Everyone has a different story. Someone might've started doing drugs because they were peer pressured and it was fun, on the other hand a person might be really stressed and just want to escape for a few hours. It's not really black and white

[heyyodv]

Mainly just stress, you eventually get to the point to where you're depressed and don't care what happens to your body.. Also peer pressure is a big problem with many teens being introduced to drugs. It also depends on the person; some people have addictive personalities and can't stop.

Edit: I just noticed this is exactly what a lot of people have said...